Contributed by the Heat Transfer Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF THERMAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. Manuscript received May 31, 2014; final manuscript received January 23, 2015; published online November 11, 2015. Assoc. Editor: Suman Chakraborty.

Abstract

The present study reports the experimental validation of thermohydraulic modeling for prediction of pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient. Experiments were performed on plate heat exchanger using chilled water and ice slurry as secondary fluids. Propylene glycol (PG) and mono-ethylene glycol (MEG) are used as depressants (10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% concentration) in ice slurry formation. The results show that thermohydraulic modeling predicts the pressure drop and overall heat transfer coefficient for water to water and water to ice slurry within the discrepancy limit of ±15%.

Comparison of predicted pressure drop with experimental data using MEG as antifreeze with 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% concentration: (a) variation of pressure drop with flow rate and (b) variation of pressure drop with Reynolds number

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